Why choose Northwest Scuba for your course?

As a PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center in Edmonton, we are one of the top dive centers in Canada and certify more divers than most dive centers in Canada. This is because we use the highest quality instructors along with an on staff PADI Course Director, flexible class schedules and the lowest student to instructor ratio in Edmonton.

New courses on the way. Six Gill Shark diver, Underwater Model, Underwater Archeology, Research Diver, Gas Blender Instructor.

Get your feet wet.

Bubble Maker (Ages 8-)

The PADI Bubble Maker program is meant to introduce your youngster (at least 8 Years Old) to the wonders of the underwater world.

Seal Team (Ages 8+)

The PADI Seal Team program is for young divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by doing exciting scuba "Aqua Missions".

Discover Scuba

Looking for a convenient way to try scuba before taking the full course? Then this is your program.

Start your adventures here.

Open Water Diver (Your Official Scuba Certification)

Have you always been curious about what lies beneath the surface? Now it's time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water course.

Beyond the basics.

Advanced Open Water Diver

Have you completed your Open Water Diver course and want to see more of what there is to do with this great sport? Then this is the place to start.

Specialty Courses (We offer 25+ specialties)

Do you have a specific interest in continuing your dive education? If so, we can help. With topics ranging from Deep Diving to underwater Photography or Videography,

Rescue Diver

Often referred to as the most fun and rewarding dive course you can take, the Rescue Diver course teaches you to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well being of other divers.

Master Scuba Diver Challenge

Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. Live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world like never before. Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver - a rating that puts you in a class of distinction.

Go Pro with PADI & Northwest Scuba!

Go Pro Night - Live the Dream

Please join Northwest Scuba Ventures Monday January 31st 2011 for our Living the Dream / Go PRO Careers Seminar! Imagine having the diving knowledge and skills that put you in an elite group of recreational divers where you posses the black belt of scuba!

Dive Master

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with Northwest Scuba and their PADI instructors, you will expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level.

Open Water Instructor (Make Scuba Diving a Career)

Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something that others can only dream of? To open doors you didn't even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

Specialty Instructor

A PADI Specialty Instructor dives more, has more fun and teaches about favorite subjects. Don't see a specialty on a subject that interests you? Write your own specialty!

Master Scuba Diver Trainer

You tell your students to aim for PADI Master Scuba Diver but do you really want to tell them that you can't instruct them the whole way to that goal? The Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating will allow you to do that and also sets you apart from the other dive instructors.

IDC Staff Instructor

As a seasoned PADI Instructor, you have wisdom and experience to share with up and coming PADI leaders.

Master Instructor

Want to be recognized as one of the elite dive educators? The PADI Master Instructor embodies the essence of a true dive professional having demonstrated a thorough understanding of the PADI system of diver education, and put it into practice by training 150 or more PADI divers.